Cable-hanger.



J. E. FBIOCK.

CABLE HANGER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 7,1908.

Patented July 6, 1909. I

INVENTUR I ATTDRNEY the character mentione whose interlocking ends is readily accom UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN EDGAR FEIOCK, OFMABTINS FERRY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 EMIL NOBTEMANN, OF I r WHE-ELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

CABLE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July e, 1909.

Application filed. Jul '1, 190a. m m. mint.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that 1, JOHN EDGAR FnIooK,

a citizen of the United States'of America,

certain new and useful Improvements in Cable-Hangers, of which the following is a specification. I a

i This invention relates to cable-hangers, and more particularly to that class of clips or hangers employed for supporting'electric cables from messenger wires; andit has for. its primary object to rovide an extremely simple, inex ensive, urable and efiicient hanger whie ma be uickly and ,conven may be readily removed w en occasion requires.

A further object is to rovide a device of d the formation of plished without the employment of complicated or expensive forming instruments or tools. I i

In describing the invention, reference is. herein had to the accompanying drawing,

forming a part of this specification, in

Figure 1 is a erspective-view of the invention, illustrating the application thereof; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same Fig.'3 is a detail'pers ective view illustrating the wire members etached; and, Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the opposite ends of the device, disconnected.

-Referring to said drawing, in which like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views-1 indicates a strap, formed of thin flexible sheet 'inetal,

' loo adapted to be bent into substantially the form of the letter S, with the lower loop 1 thereof relatively larger than the upper l", the first mentioned loop being designed to embrace the cable 2, while the last mentioned loop embraces the messen' member 5 which a ception of hooks 6 ger wire 3. One terminal of said strap is looped or folded, as shown at 4, over the transversely-extending body 5" of a wire is loosely held by said strap so. as to be freely movable.

comprises said body 5", a,pair of parallel arms 5 and outwardly-directed terminal loops 5, the latter forming eyes for the reforming a part of a wire member 6 which is similar to the member 5 in every respect except that file hooks of Said member the former take the place of the terminal loops of the latter. Said member 6 is held in the opposite terminal of said strap, said terminal ein looped over the transverselyextending b0 6 of the member, as shown at 7. Both wire members 5 and 6 are preferably held loosely by said stra so that they may be swung or turned with relation to each other to-f'acilitate the engagement of their terminals.

In ap lying thedevice, one end of the strap is ent nto loop shape and is slipped up-over the cable so as to closely embrace the latter; then the opposite end of said strap is passed up under, behind, and over the messenger wire; then, holding the arms of the member 5 with the thumb and a finger of one hand and the arms of the member 6 with the thumb and a finger of the otherhand so as to cause the arms of'thetwo members/to lie substantially in alinement, the terminal ends of the strap are drawn together and the hooks .6 are inserted in the eyes 5. As is obvious, the weight of the cable serves to retain the hooks in engagernent with said eyes, and accidental displacement is thus rendered impossible.

I ivets 8 are preferably employed for securing the looped-over ends 4 and 7 of the stra to the body thereof.

, I- aving thus described my Invention, what .I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-. ters Patent, is

1. A cable hanger comprising a substantially S-shaped strap, a wire member having a transverse body portion held in each end of said strap, both of said nembers having parallel arms, the arms ofone member terminating in hooks and the arms of the opposite member terminating in eyes adapted for the reception of said hooks both of said members being and to each other'to facilitate the insertion of the hooks of the one within the eyes of the other 2. The combination with a cable and a messenger wire, of a strap one end of which is bent to closely embrace the cable and theother end of which is bent in; a direction opposite to that of the first mentioned end to engage the messenger wire, wire members held by and freely movable in the opposite ends of said strap, each wire member consisting of a transverse body portion engaged by said strap and a pair of parallel arms, hooks formfree to swingwith relation to the strap ing the terminals of the arms of one member, and loops formin the terminals of the arms of the other mern er, said loops helm adapt T w r s ed for the reception of said hooks sai d meml Q EDGAR T In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1n presence of two subscribing Witnesses.-

5 bers being pivotally held by said strap so as Witnesses:

to enable the hooks and the eyes to freely H. E. DUNLAP, approach each other. J. C. GIBSON. 

